Darling railway station

Darling railway station
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Station information
Code DLG
Distance from
Flinders Street
11.4 km
Operator Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines Glen Waverley
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Premium station
Metlink profile Link
Melway map Link
Google map Link
Metcard / Myki Zone 1+2 overlap

Darling is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Malvern East, on the Glen Waverley railway line. Darling is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 1+2 overlap.

Contents

Station overview

Facilities

Darling is located between Clynden Avenue and the Monash Freeway, with station access from Clynden Avenue.

The station consists of two side platforms; Platform 1 has a large brick building housing an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets, while platform 2 has a smaller brick building. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located inside the waiting area, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins, with additional coin-only Metcard ticket vending machines situated in the waiting area and at the entrance to platform 2. Myki ticket vending machines are located inside the waiting area on platform 1, and at the entrance to platform 2.

A footbridge, signal box and a crossover are all situated at the Flinders Street end of the station.

History

Darling station opened on 24 March 1890, with electrification reaching the station in 1922.[1] The line though the station was originally built to link Burnley station to the Outer Circle line and on to Oakleigh station. The outer part of the line beyond Darling closed on 9 December 1895,[2] and was not extended to Glen Waverley until 1930. Darling was upgraded to a Premium Station in 2008.

Platforms

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  • Metro Trains services towards Glen Waverley.

References

  1. ^ VICSIG Infrastructure – Darling
  2. ^ David Beardsell and Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). ISBN 0 85849 024 2. 

Coordinates: 37°52′08″S 145°03′46″E / 37.86894°S 145.06288°E / -37.86894; 145.06288



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